- ID:
- ivo://nasa.heasarc/amigps16gh
- Title:
- AMI Galactic Plane Survey 16-GHz Source Catalog
- Short Name:
- AMIGPS16GH
- Date:
- 14 Feb 2025
- Publisher:
- NASA/GSFC HEASARC
- Description:
- The Arcminute Microkelvin Imager (AMI) Galactic Plane Survey is a large-area survey of the outer Galactic plane to provide arcminute resolution (approximately 3 arcminutes) images at milli-Jansky (mJy) sensitivity in the centimeter-wave band. This table contains results from the first data release of the survey, consisting of 868 deg<sup>2</sup> of the Galactic plane, covering the area above 40 degrees Declination (corresponding to 76 to 170 degrees Galactic Longitude) between Galactic Latitudes of -5 to +5 degrees at a central frequency of 15.75 GHz (1.9 cm). The noise level in the survey is <~ 3mJy/beam away from bright sources. This table contains the source catalog of 3503 radio sources detected with peak flux densities at or greater than 5 sigma. In their paper, the authors describe in detail the drift-scan observations which have been used to construct the maps, including the techniques used for observing, mapping and source extraction, and summarize the properties of the finalized data sets. These observations constitute the most sensitive Galactic plane survey of large extent at centimeter-wave frequencies greater than 1.4 GHz. This table was originally ingested by the HEASARC in March 2013 based on the <a href="https://cdsarc.cds.unistra.fr/ftp/cats/J/MNRAS/429/3330">CDS Catalog J/MNRAS/429/3330</a> file catdr1.dat. It was updated in September 2013 using the latest data file from the CDS, which provided positions with improved precision. This is a service provided by NASA HEASARC .
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- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/560/A9
- Title:
- AMIGA. Revision of the isolation degree
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/560/A9
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- To understand the evolution of galaxies, it is necessary to have a reference sample where the effect of the environment is minimized and quantified. In the framework of the AMIGA project (Analysis of the interstellar Medium of Isolated GAlaxies), we present a revision of the environment for galaxies in the Catalogue of Isolated Galaxies (CIG, Karachentseva 1973, Cat. VII/82) using the ninth data release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey (SDSS-DR9). The aims of this study are to refine the photometric-based AMIGA sample of isolated galaxies and to provide an improvement of the quantification of the isolation degree with respect to previous works, using both photometry and spectroscopy. We developed an automatic method to search for neighbours within a projected area of 1Mpc radius centred on each primary galaxy to revise the CIG isolation criteria introduced by Karachentseva (1973, Cat. VII/82). The local number density at the fifth nearest neighbour and the tidal strength affecting the CIG galaxy were estimated to quantify the isolation degree. Of the 636 CIG galaxies considered in the photometric study, 426 galaxies fulfil the CIG isolation criteria within 1Mpc, taking into account projected neighbours. Of the 411 CIG galaxies considered in the spectroscopic study, 347 galaxies fulfil the CIG isolation criteria when a criterion about redshift difference is added. The available redshifts allow us to reject background neighbours and thus improve the photometric assessment. On average, galaxies in the AMIGA sample show lower values in the local number density and the tidal strength parameters than galaxies in denser environments such as pairs, triplets, compact groups, and clusters. For the first time, the environment and the isolation degree of AMIGA galaxies are quantified using digital data. The use of the SDSS database permits one to identify fainter and smaller-size satellites than in previous AMIGA works. The AMIGA sample is improved by this study, because we reduced the sample of isolated galaxies used in previous AMIGA works by about 20%. The availability of the spectroscopic data allows us to check the validity of the CIG isolation criteria, which is not fully efficient. About 50% of the neighbours considered as potential companions in the photometric study are in fact background objects. We also find that about 92% of the neighbour galaxies that show recession velocities similar to the corresponding CIG galaxy are not considered by the CIG isolation criteria as potential companions, which may have a considerable influence on the evolution of the central CIG galaxy.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/ApJ/900/9
- Title:
- AMIGA: The Circumgalactic Medium of Andromeda
- Short Name:
- J/ApJ/900/9
- Date:
- 14 Mar 2022 07:38:05
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Project AMIGA (Absorption Maps In the Gas of Andromeda) is a survey of the circumgalactic medium (CGM) of Andromeda (M31, R_vir_~300kpc) along 43 QSO sightlines at impact parameters 25<~R<~569kpc (25 at R<~R_vir_). We use ultraviolet absorption measurements of SiII, SiIII, SiIV, CII, and CIV from the Hubble Space Telescope/Cosmic Origins Spectrograph and OVI from the Far Ultraviolet Spectroscopic Explorer to provide an unparalleled look at how the physical conditions and metals are distributed in the CGM of M31. We find that SiIII and OVI have a covering factor near unity for R<~1.2R_vir_ and <~1.9R_vir_, respectively, demonstrating that M31 has a very extended ~104-105.5K ionized CGM. The metal and baryon masses of the 104-105.5K CGM gas within R_vir_ are >~108 and >~4x1010 (Z/0.3Z{sun})-1M{sun}, respectively. There is not much azimuthal variation in the column densities or kinematics, but there is with R. The CGM gas at R<~0.5R_vir_ is more dynamic and has more complicated, multiphase structures than at larger radii, perhaps a result of more direct impact of galactic feedback in the inner regions of the CGM. Several absorbers are projected spatially and kinematically close to M31 dwarf satellites, but we show that those are unlikely to give rise to the observed absorption. Cosmological zoom simulations of ~L* galaxies have OVI extending well beyond R_vir_ as observed for M31 but do not reproduce well the radial column density profiles of the lower ions. However, some similar trends are also observed, such as the lower ions showing a larger dispersion in column density and stronger dependence on R than higher ions. Based on our findings, it is likely that the Milky Way has a ~104-105.5K CGM as extended as for M31 and their CGM (especially the warm-hot gas probed by OVI) are overlapping.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/486/73
- Title:
- AMIGA VII. FIR and radio study
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/486/73
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper is part of a series involving the AMIGA project (Analysis of the Interstellar Medium of Isolated GAlaxies). This project provides a statistically-significant sample of the most isolated galaxies in the northern sky. We present a study of the nuclear activity in a well-defined sample of the most isolated galaxies (total sample: n=1050, complete subsample: n=719) in the local Universe traced by their far-infrared (FIR) and radio continuum emission. We use the well-known radio continuum-FIR correlation to select radio-excess galaxies that are candidates to host an active galactic nucleus (AGN), as well as the FIR colours to find obscured AGN-candidates. We also used the existing information on nuclear activity in the Veron-Cetty catalogue and in the NASA Extragalactic Database. A final catalogue of AGN-candidate galaxies has been produced that will provide a baseline for studies on the dependence of activity on the environment. Our sample is mostly radio quiet, consistent with its high content of late-type galaxies. At most ~1.5% of the galaxies show a radio excess with respect to the radio-FIR correlation, and this fraction even goes down to less than 0.8% after rejection of back/foreground sources using FIRST. We find that the fraction of FIR colour selected AGN-candidates is ~28% with a lower limit of ~7%. Our final catalogue contains 89 AGN candidates and is publicly available on the AMIGA web page (http://www.iaa.csic.es/AMIGA.html).
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/532/A117
- Title:
- AMIGA VIII. Flux ratio asymmetry parameter
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/532/A117
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- Measures of the HI properties of a galaxy are among the most sensitive interaction diagnostic at our disposal. We report here on a study of HI profile asymmetries (e.g., lopsidedness) in a sample of some of the most isolated galaxies in the local Universe. This presents us with an excellent opportunity to quantify the range of intrinsic HI asymmetries in galaxies (i.e., those not induced by the environment) and provides us with a zero-point calibration for evaluating these measurements in less isolated samples. We aim to characterize the HI profile asymmetries in a sample of isolated galaxies and search for correlations between HI asymmetry and their environments, as well as their optical and far infrared (FIR) properties. We use high signal-to-noise global HI profiles for galaxies in the AMIGA project (Analysis of the Interstellar Medium of Isolated GAlaxies, http://amiga.iaa.es). We restrict our study to N=166 galaxies (out of 312) with accurate measures of the HI shape properties. We quantify asymmetries using a flux ratio parameter.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/485/475
- Title:
- AMIGA. VI. Radio fluxes of the isolated galaxies
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/485/475
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This paper is part of a series that describes the results of the AMIGA (Analysis of the interstellar Medium of Isolated GAlaxies) project, studying the largest sample of very isolated galaxies in the local Universe. The study of the radio properties of the AMIGA sample is intended to characterize the radio continuum emission for a sample least affected by the local environment, thus providing a reference against which less isolated and interacting samples can be compared. Radio continuum data at 325, 1420, and 4850MHz were extracted from the WENSS, NVSS/FIRST, and GB6 surveys, respectively. The source extractions have been obtained from reprocessing the data and new detections added to the cross- matched detections with the respective survey catalogs. We focus on the complete AMIGA subsample composed of 719 galaxies. A catalog of radio fluxes was obtained from the above four surveys. Comparison between the NVSS and FIRST detections indicates that the radio continuum is coming from disk-dominated emission in spiral galaxies, in contrast to the results found in high-density environments where nuclear activity is more frequent. The comparison of the radio continuum power with a comparable sample, which is however not selected with respect to its environment, the Condon et al. UGC-SF sample of star-forming field galaxies, shows a lower mean value for the AMIGA sample. We have obtained radio-to-optical flux ratios (R) using the NVSS radio continuum flux. The distribution of R for the AMIGA galaxies is consistent with a sample dominated by radio emission from star formation (SF) and a small number of active galactic nuclei (AGN), with less than 3% of the sample with R>100. We derived the radio luminosity function (RLF) and total power density of the radio continuum emission for the AMIGA sample at 1.4GHz, and compared them with results from other low-redshift studies. The Schechter fit of the RLF indicates a major weight of the low-luminosity galaxies. The results indicate the very low level of radio continuum emission in our sample of isolated galaxies, which is dominated by mild disk SF. It confirms thus the AMIGA sample as a suitable template to effectively quantify the role of interactions in samples extracted from denser environments.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/472/121
- Title:
- AMIGA V. Isolation parameters
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/472/121
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The AMIGA project aims to build a well defined and statistically significant reference sample of isolated galaxies in order to estimate the environmental effects on the formation and evolution of galaxies. The goal of this paper is to provide a measure of the environment of the isolated galaxies in the AMIGA sample, quantifying the influence of the candidate neighbours identified in our previous work and their potential effects on the evolution of the primary galaxies. Here we provide a quantification of the isolation degree of the galaxies in this sample.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/609/A17
- Title:
- AMIGA XIII. HI properties
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/609/A17
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- We present the largest catalogue of HI single dish observations of isolated galaxies to date, as part of the multi-wavelength compilation being performed by the AMIGA project (Analysis of the interstellar Medium in Isolated GAlaxies). Despite numerous studies of the HI content of galaxies, no revision has been made for the most isolated L* galaxies since Haynes & Giovanelli (1984AJ.....89..758H). The AMIGA sample has been demonstrated to be almost "nurture free", therefore, by creating scaling relations for the HI content of these galaxies we will define a metric of HI normalcy in the absence of interactions. The catalogue comprises of our own HI observations with Arecibo, Effelsberg, Nancay and GBT, and spectra collected from the literature. In total we have measurements or constraints on the HI masses of 844 galaxies from the Catalogue of Isolated Galaxies (CIG). The multi-wavelength AMIGA dataset includes a revision of the B-band luminosities, optical diameters, morphologies, and isolation. Due to the large size of the catalogue, these revisions permit cuts to be made to ensure isolation and a high level of completeness, which was not previously possible. With this refined dataset we fit HI scaling relations based on luminosity, optical diameter and morphology. Our regression model incorporates all the data, including upper limits, and accounts for uncertainties in both variables, as well as distance uncertainties. The HI scaling relations of the AMIGA sample define an up-to-date metric of the HI content of almost "nurture free" galaxies. These relations allow the expected HI mass, in the absence of interactions, of an individual galaxy to be predicted to within 0.25dex (for typical measurement uncertainties). These relations are thus suitable for use as statistical measures of the impact of interactions on the neutral gas content of galaxies.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/545/A15
- Title:
- AMIGA XI. Optical nuclear activity
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/545/A15
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- This study was performe within the frame of the AMIGA project (http://amiga.iaa.es/). We obtained spectral data from the 6th Data Release of the Sloan Digital Sky Survey, which were inspected in a semi-automatic way. We subtracted the underlying stellar populations from the spectra (using the software Starlight) and modelled the nuclear emission features. Standard emission-line diagnostics diagrams were applied, using a new classification scheme that takes into account censored data, to classify the type of nuclear emission. We provide a final catalogue of spectroscopic data, stellar populations, emission lines and classification of optical nuclear activity for AMIGA galaxies. The prevalence of optical active galactic nuclei (AGN) in AMIGA galaxies is 20.4%, or 36.7% including transition objects. The fraction of AGN increases steeply towards earlier morphological types and higher luminosities. We compare these results with a matched analysis of galaxies in isolated denser environments (Hickson Compact Groups). After correcting for the effects of the morphology and luminosity, we find that there is no evidence for a difference in the prevalence of AGN between isolated and compact group galaxies, and we discuss the implications of this result. We find that a major interaction is not a necessary condition for the triggering of optical AGN.
- ID:
- ivo://CDS.VizieR/J/A+A/540/A47
- Title:
- AMIGA X. Isolated galaxy colors
- Short Name:
- J/A+A/540/A47
- Date:
- 21 Oct 2021
- Publisher:
- CDS
- Description:
- The basic properties of galaxies can be affected by both nature (internal processes) or nurture (interactions and effects of environment). Deconvolving the two effects is an important current effort in astrophysics. Observed properties of a sample of isolated galaxies should be mainly the result of internal (natural) evolution. It follows that nurture-induced galaxy evolution can only be understood through a comparative study of galaxies in different environments. We take a first look at SDSS (g-r) colors of galaxies in the AMIGA sample, which consists of many of the most isolated galaxies in the local Universe. This alerted us at the same time the pitfalls of using automated SDSS colors.
